Tag Archives: Riveting

This work session is the exact same as riveting the left aileron. So I won’t go into much detail. Feel free to browse on over to my blog entry for the left aileron here as well as here to get all the details. It starts out by riveting the nose ribs … Continue reading →

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I ended up scoring a decent little pneumatic rivet puller / gun from Harbor Freight for $25 after the coupon during their sale. This will save me some labor on ALL those blind rivets along the bottom of the ailerons. Lets put it to use! I don’t like very much … Continue reading →

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Time to start riveting up the ailerons! I gathered up the parts for the left aileron and studied over the drawings and instructions, and began final assembly and riveting on this guy. We start out by riveting the A-704 nose ribs to the A-409 counterbalance pipe, and then slipping this … Continue reading →

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I didn’t get much accomplished tonight. What has gotten me stuck is just how to deburr the inside of the A-409 counterbalance pipe for the aileron leading edge. But I did get a little progress made, I’ll detail that below. I started out by pulling all the parts out of … Continue reading →

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Since the AKZO had plenty of time to harden, I decided to go ahead and rivet the stiffeners to their skins so I can continue on with the build process. Since these are backriveted on, this was a very quick little build session, which was nice because I have TONS … Continue reading →

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I now have two fully assembled flaps! I wanted to knock out the last few rivets on this right flap, and then the last 5 on the left flap this weekend, so I could mark them as 100% complete. Thankfully, I was able to get both flaps completely done and … Continue reading →

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After being out of town for a week, I wanted to get some work done on the build today, and then spend some time doing some stuff for work that I need to get done as well. My goal is to get this right flap completely finished up over this … Continue reading →

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Made a LOT of progress tonight, almost 5 hours worth AND I shot a couple live videos to boot! I am shooting the video for a couple of reasons. 1. To help prove to the FAA that I am the builder of the aircraft, so I can get the Repairman … Continue reading →

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I found a little time to finish up the rear spars for the wings tonight. I had let the AKZO cure for a few days while Tammy was off so we did family time during those days. Tammy was back at work tonight, so I pulled the primered parts from … Continue reading →

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Tonight. I decided to take on the most difficult part of the empennage: The Rudder Trailing Edge! This one simple little piece of kit causes the most headache and heartache out of the entire tail section, and for good reason. If you can’t get a good straight trailing edge on … Continue reading →